Downloading & Saving excel files coming in RESPONSE???

[j.gohel]

Hi,

In my web-based application using JSP & Servlets I am generartiung some reports as excel files.These excel files i am sending in response for download to the users who are using my application through web.

Now, I am able to download & save the files as excel files.
But one problem:
When i have a single file i am able to download & save it easily.

But in some cases i have mutiple files to be downloaded & saved so how can i do this thing of downloading & saving multiple files coming in the response.

Also i am not able to delete my file on the server after downloading it

Here is my code for downloading my reports:

 public boolean downloadReport(String dirPath,HttpServletResponse response)
  {
	    FileInputStream fis = null;

		boolean flag = false;
		File f = new File(dirPath);
		ArrayList tempFileArrList = new ArrayList();
					
		if(f.isDirectory())
		{
			File[] fArray = f.listFiles();

			for(int i = 0; i < fArray.length; i++)
			{							
				log.debug("File Names Array Content : fArray [" + i + "]" + fArray[i]);
				
				if(fArray[i].exists())
				{
					try
					{
						fis = new FileInputStream(fArray[i]);
						int fileLength = fis.available();
						byte[] bytes = new byte[fileLength];
						fis.read(bytes);
						response.setContentType("application/vnd.ms-excel");
						response.setHeader("Content-Disposition","attachment; filename = \"myxlfile.xls\" ");
						response.getOutputStream().write(bytes);
						response.getOutputStream().flush();
						//response.getOutputStream().close();
						//fis.close();
						tempFileArrList.add(fArray[i]);
						//fArray[i].delete();
						log.debug("DEBUG 10");
						flag = true;
					}
					catch(IOException ioe)
					{
						log.debug("IOException in GMGController while download "+ioe);
						flag = false;
					}
					catch(Exception e)
					{
						log.debug("Exception in GMGController while download "+e);
						flag = false;
					}	

				}
				else
				{
					continue;
				}
											
			}

			try
			{
				response.getOutputStream().close();
				fis.close();
				flag = true;
			}
			catch(IOException ioe)
			{
				log.debug("IOException in GMGController while closing "+ioe);
				flag = false;
			}
			catch(Exception e)
			{
				log.debug("Exception in GMGController while closing "+e);
				flag = false;
			}	

		}

	  for(int i = 0; i < tempFileArrList.size(); i++ )
	  {
			File file = (File)tempFileArrList.get(i);

			if(file.exists())
			{
				log.info("Deleting file "+ (i+1) + "  "+ file.getName());
				file.delete();
			}
	  }

	  return flag;
  }

Help me sorting out this...
Jignesh

[graviton]

what error is reported, when you invoke the deletion of the files?
perhaps something holds a handle on that file, so you cannot delete it.
it should throw at least an exception.
by the way: i never saw a multi file download. i'm not shure, if that's possible with http.